Phonograph.



P. WEBER.

PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 29. 1909.

932,202. Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

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P. WEBER.

PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ram WEBER, or casual NEW messy, ASSIGNOB ro mcw'nmssr Purim: coursing, or

wnsr ORANGE, NEW IEBSEL-A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY,

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To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that 1, PETER WEBER, a citizen of the United States, and-a'resident of which the ollowing is a specification.-

My invention relates to phonographs of th ef type wherein the sound bolt is carried on a traveling carriage to which" a progressive movement is'imparted by means of a rotat-f 'ing feed-screw, so that the reproducer or re" 'corderfst yilus traces a spiral path with respectrto' tlie record surface; 1 i i It has been-the usualpractice for many years to provide a feed screw of fine pitch which advances the traveling carriage a distance of one one-hundredth of & I1 1I1Ol1 for each revolution of the mandrel. More recently, however, it has been found possible to manufacture a sound record-in which the record cove has two hundred turns or threads to the inch, so that itis desirable to provide a p'ho'no "mph in which'the feed of the carriage willie suitable for operating a record of this descri'tion. In view of the fact however, that t ere are-already thousands of hundredthof an inch er mandre -revo1 i1tion, and avast number 0 records are also in use having a pitchof one one hundredth of an,

inch,"1tis desirable to provide means which may be readily applied to such phonographs whereby the carriage may be'fed at a rate suitable for 0 erating upon records havin two hundred t reads to the inch, and-whic will alsopermit the feeding of the carriage at its usual speed for 0 crating upon records lmvingone hundred t reads to the inch, so

that the phonograph can be used interchangeably with sound records having either avhich the eperative connection of the traveling carriage may be readily shifted from one Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed Janumizai 1908. fleri'al No. 413,166.

bhonographslm use in which the feed screw-advances the carria e one one feed screw to the other, indicating measis bepreferably provided connection with the means for shifting the said connection, forindioating the rate atwhichthe carriage is being fed, or in other words, the type of record with which the phonogra h is operative in either of the positions'wh oh the said shifting 'means occu .ies,

; p I Reference is here y'made 'togtheiaccomp'anying drawing of which F1gure1'is a plan view of a portion of a phonograph to which one-form of my invention is applied; Fig. is an end view of tli'e same, view 0 a portion'of the mechanism for shifting the operative connectionjof thetravelin carriage from one feed"scr ew' to th'e'other;

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing another detail of said mechanism; Figs. 5 and 6 are side and edge views of a modified form of operating connection between the travelin carriage and the two feed screws, and ig-s. 7 an 8 are similar views of another modification.

Inall of the views corresponding parts are desi nated by the same numerals of reference.

'1 e phonograph shown is of wellEknown form and comprises a base 1, to which is secured a pivot pin or center 2, which i otatab supports the end of the usual main shaft which '18 provided with a' feed screw 4, ordinarily formed with one hnndred threads to the inchand carries the mandrel '5, said shaft?) being also provided with a drive pulley B which receives the belt from the phonograph motor. I The traveling carriage 7, which carries the sound box, issleeved upon a rod 8 rigid with the base 1. An auxiliary frame 9 is provided, which has a pair of rearwardly extending arms 10 and 11, which are sleevedupon the rod 8 and secured thereto in an snita'ble manner, as by aset screw 12. Thezauxiliary feedscrew 13 "is formed u on the shaft leivhich'is rotatabiy-mounte'" in the frame 9, and is provided at' one end with a spur gear-IS'firred thereto anii'i eng ement with a similar 'gear r6 'fizr'edto the" aft 3 or Bile/Y6. flliiihread efthe'screw 13extendg in a direction. opposite to that of the thread of the screw 4, since the two screws revolvein opposite directions. The gears 15 and 1-6 are so proportioned with respect to the thread of the screw 13 that the atter will impart to the traveling carriage a progressive movement Patented Aug. 24;, 1909.

partlyin section; Fig-sis a detail-side 7 22.. Said spring carries at its ends the feed said arm, an

suitable for operating upon a record having two hundred threads per inch. 1

In order that the travelin carria e 7 may be operatively and interc angea 1y con- 'nected with eachof the feed screws 4 and 13,

an arm 17 is secured at its rear end by screws 18 to-the carriage and carries at its forward end a vertical lever 19 pivoted at 20 to the a flat spring 21 is secured thereto in any suitable manner, as by screws nuts 23 an 24, the former being adapted to engage the thread of the screw 13 and the latter the thread of the screw 4, the movement ofthe lever 19 in a forward direction serving to bring the nut 24 into engagement with t e screw4, at the same time removing the nut 23 from engagement with the screw at 26 to t e u per end of the lever 19, the

lever being ormed with a pair of arms 27 13, and vice versa, a rearward movement of the lever 19 removes the nut 24 from engagement with the screw 4 and brings the nut 23 into/engagement with the screw 13. Suitable means for o crating said lever 19 are preferably provi ed, and as shown comprise an o crating lever 25 which is pivoted which embrace the upper end of thelever 19, and receive the pivot pin 26. The lower ends of the arms 27 are shaped as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, forming cam surfaces 28, which engage the curved surfaces 29, formed in the upper ends ofvertical pins 30, which occupy I springs 31 throw the lever 25 to either of its extreme positions as determined by the front or rear stops which, as shown, are in the form of screws 32 and 33, which are threaded in the enlarged portion of the arm 17, in such feed nuts 23 and 24 a position as to limit the movement of the vertical lever 19. I

' The parts are preferably so arranged that the spring 21 wil be under a slight stressin either of its operativxlplositions, whereby the be yieldin 1131 applied to their respective feed screws. degree of pressure of the feed nuts upon their respective screws maybe varied by adjustment 0 the screws 32 and 33. The movement of the lever 25 beyond the position of Fig. 2 is prevented by its engagement with one of the cars 50 formed onthe upper end of the lever 19.,-

In the device of Figs. 5 and. 6, the arm 17 i is somewhat altered in shape, and is provided with a vertical lever 19, which is pivoted upon a screw 44 which is threaded inthe arm 17. The spring 21, which carries the feed nuts 23 and 24 is rigidly secured to the flange 43 of lever 19 by thescrews 22. The lever 19 is adapted to be operated b hand and to be locked in either its forwar or rear position by engagement of a locking pin 34 with holes or depressions 35 formed in the arm 17 said pin 34 being secured to the free end of a spring 36 which is secured to the lever 19 b a screw 37. The arm 17 is formed wit stops, for limiting the movement, of the lever 19 in both directions, in the form of lugs 38 and 39, to which figures 40 may be applied to indicate the number of threads per inch of the phonograph record upon which the phonograph is adapted to operate ,when'the lever 19 is in positron adjacent either of said indicia. The various parts are so designed that the weight of the carria e'will impart i the desired pressure for each 0 the feed nuts upon its 006 crating feed screw, and said pressure may e regulated or adjusted to any desired degree by means of adjusting screws 41 and 42 respectively which are threaded in the laterally extending flan e 43 of the lever 19', in such position that the ower end of each of said screws presses against the upper surface of the sprrn 21.

In the device 0 Figs. 7 and 8, the s ring 21 which carries the feed nuts 23 an 24, is loosely attached to a rounded lug 45 formed integral with the arm 17, by means of a screw 46 threaded in said In and passin through a hole in said spring, t e diameter 0 which is somewhat greater than that of the screw to permit the spring to move freely thereupon. The operating lever 19 is pivoted upon the screw 44 carried by the arm 17 and said lever is provided with a pair of screws 47 and 48, which are threaded within the angular arms 49 formed inte ral with the lever 19, and extending lateralfy therefrom, said screws 47 and'48 being so situated that their lower ends abut a ainst the upper surface of the spring 21 firpressing either of the nuts 23 and 24 into en agement with the feed screws 13 and 4. he screws 47 and 48 are vertically adjustable for imparting the desired de ree of ressure to the spring 21 byvirtue of the weig t of the traveling carnage. The s ring 2 1 is situated between the extremities o the arms 49 and the main bod of the lever, so that a lateral shifting of sai spring cannot take placel The lever 19 is also provided with a spring 36 having a pin 34 for engagipg the openings 35 of the arm 17 for l 0 'ng the lever in either of its operative poz sitions.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a phonograph, the combination with the rotatin mandrel and traveling carriage,

of a pair 0 rotating feed screws and means for interchangeably connecting said traveling carriage with said feed screws, said means comprising pivoted hand lever means movable to one side or the other of the vertical for connecting the carriage to one or the other of said screws, said screws being of such pitch and rotating at such speed as to impart different rates of feed to said carriage, whereby the latter is adapted to operate upon sound records of different pitc substantially as set forth.

2. In a phonograph, the combination with the'rotating mandrel, traveling carriage, and a pair of feed screws adapted to feed the carriage in a forward direction at different rates of speed, of o eratively connected means earned by said carriage for connecting the same in driven relation to either of said feed screws said means comprising pivoted vertically arranged hand lever means.

3. An attachment for phonographs comprising a frame 9 ada ted to be sleeved upon the guide rod 8 an provided with a eed screw 13 and means for operatively connecting the same with the main shaft 3 of the phonograph, substantially as set forth.

4. An attachment for phonographs consisting of an arrrrl? adapted to be secured to the traveling carriage 7 and provided with a movable support carrying a pair of feed nuts,

. and means for holding said movable support in suitable positions for interchangeably maintaining said feed nuts in o erative relation to a pair of feed screws of the phonograph, substantially as set forth.

5. In a phonograph, the combination of the'rotating mandre traveling carriage and a pair of rotary feed screws, of a support secured to said carriage, a spring, a feed nut carried by each end of the spring, and a lever pivoted to said su port, said sprin being so secured to said ever that pivote movement thereof throws one nut into and the other out of engagement with its respective screw, simultaneously, substantially as set forth.

6. In a phonograph, the combination of the traveling carriage and pair of rotary feed screws adapted to feed the carriage in a forward direction at different rates of speed, .of a pair of feed nuts carried by the carriage and movable one into and the other out of engagement with their res ective feed screws simultaneously, means or so moving said feed nuts and an indicator for designating the rates of feed of the carriage when either of said feed nuts is in engagement with its feed screw, substantially as set forth.

7. In a phonograph, the combination of the traveling carriage, and pair of rotary feed screws, of an arm 17 secured to said carriage, a lever pivoted thereto, and a pair of sprmg mounted feed nuts secured to said lever, said lever being movable so as to bring either of said feed nuts into and out of engagement with its feedscrew, substantially as set forth.

8. In a phonograph, the combination of the traveling carriage, and a pair of rotary feed screws, of an arm secured to said carriage, a lever pivoted thereto, and a pair of spring mounted feed nuts secured to said lever, and lever means for moving said lever so as to bring eitherof said feed nuts into and out of engagement with its feed screw, substantially as set forth.

9. In a phono raph, the combination of the traveling car iage, and a pair of rotary feed screws, of an arm 17 secured to said carriage, a lever pivoted thereto, and a pair of sprmg mounted feed nuts secured to said lever, said lever being movable so as to bring either of .said feed nuts into and out of engagement with its feed screw, and means for o ding said lever in either of its extreme positions, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 28th day of Jan, 1908.

. PETER WEBER.

Witnesses:

IFRANK D. LEWIS, *ANNA R. KLEHM. 

